Hello!
I am at Port Phillip Prison (PPP). My name is Matthew and it was my 30th the other day. I have a saying I would like to share with everyone:
‘They can lock the locks, but they can’t stop the clock!’

Hello!
I am at Port Phillip Prison (PPP). My name is Matthew and it was my 30th the other day. I have a saying I would like to share with everyone:
‘They can lock the locks, but they can’t stop the clock!’

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Each day I wake up in here I’m re-shocked, so to speak…how on Earth has life gotten to this point for me? For a while there I was waiting for Ashton Kutcher to jump out and tell me I’d been “Punk’d”.
There is a particular part of our prison populations that seems to have been forgotten, that gets no mention and yet these people who are the ones that need help and support when incarcerated with a unique set of issues that just aren’t recognised.
So the parole referred me to seek out a security classification to be possibly considered for low security.
What’s been happening at your prison at the moment? Our frequency of ‘lock-ins’ is increasing to about 2 per week while staff do training for the handover.

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